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How e-books break poems

Poetry rarely makes the headlines, but an Associated Press story about the unsuitability of verse to the e-book form has been making the rounds. The story notes the dearth of major poets being published digitally. ... Read More »

July 15, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

This Ain’t the Rosedale owners explain store closure

By Scott MacDonald

Jesse and Charlie Huisken, the owners of Toronto's This Ain't the Rosedale Library, have posted a notice on the store's website explaining why the store has been closed for the last few days, and what ... Read More »

June 23, 2010 | Filed under: Bookselling

Way to Display! FIFA fever at Words Worth Books

By Nathan Whitlock

Hockey books are the undisputed Canadian sports-lit king, but with the 2010 edition of the FIFA World Cup beginning next week, it behooves us to spare some reading/book-buying time for soccer/football. Accordingly, Words Worth Books ... Read More »

June 3, 2010 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Way to Display! Kenk at Type Books

By Nathan Whitlock

The display for Kenk: A Graphic Portrait (PopSandbox), written by Richard Poplak and illustrated by Nick Marinkovich, at Type Books on Toronto's Queen Street West (just steps away from the storefront out of which the ... Read More »

May 3, 2010 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Way to Display! Chester at Mabel’s Fables

By Nathan Whitlock

As part of Quillblog's ongoing commitment to filling our site with ephemera, sundries, and both flotsam and jetsam from around the book world, we are instituting a semi-regular feature entitled Way to Display!, in which ... Read More »

March 24, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

Surprise! Kindle sales of Lost Symbol vastly overrated

By Scott MacDonald

Last week, when Amazon trumpeted the news that first-day Kindle sales for Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol were actually higher than print sales, pundits predictably went to town with the usual "death of the book" ... Read More »

September 23, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

This Ain’t the Rosedale Library’s 30th birthday bash at Harbourfront

By Suzanne Gardner

Authors at Harbourfront Centre will host a 30th birthday tribute to Toronto indie bookstore This Ain't the Rosedale Library on Sept. 16. Torontonians are invited to celebrate the store's longevity with readings from bill bissett, ... Read More »

August 18, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling, Events

Frog Hollow finally croaks

By Scott MacDonald

Looks like Frog Hollow's happy ending was short-lived. Though the financially strapped Halifax bookseller seemed poised for recovery after moving to a new location last June, owner Heidi Hallett sent a letter to media today ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

Pages officially announces closure

By Scott MacDonald

As Q&Q has been reporting all year, Toronto institution Pages Books & Magazines has been dangling by a thread at its current Queen Street West location, as the landlord has decided to raise the rent ... Read More »

July 9, 2009 | Filed under: Bookselling

New large-format Kindle goes after the textbook market

By Suzanne Gardner

The new, larger-screen Kindle (which is rumoured to be unveiled by Amazon tomorrow) will be better able to display charts, diagrams, and images than the current six-inch screen. According to an article in The Wall ... Read More »

May 5, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Bookselling

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